Cop shoots 2 in robbery try

An undercover narcotics officer Wednesday shot and wounded one of two men who tried to rob him as he was on duty in South Shore, police said.

The shooting occurred shortly after 11:30 a.m. in an alley in the 7700 block of South Phillips Avenue, police spokesman Pat Camden said.

The officer was doing undercover surveillance at 79th Street and Kingston Avenue when two men approached his unmarked car and told him they had drugs to sell, Camden said.

The men told the officer to drive to an alley near 77th Street and Phillips Avenue. The officer stopped the car and displayed cash, but instead of offering the drugs, the men pulled a gun and demanded the money.